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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

NameIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
TypePanel
AcronymsIPCC
StatusActive
Established1988

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific intergovernmental body tasked with evaluating the risk of climate change caused by human activity. The panel was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), two organizations of the United Nations. The IPCC shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President of the United States Al Gore.

The IPCC does not carry out its own original research, nor does it do the work of monitoring climate or related phenomena itself. A main activity of the IPCC is publishing special reports on topics relevant to the implementation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an international treaty that acknowledges the possibility of harmful climate change. Implementation of the UNFCCC led eventually to the Kyoto Protocol. The IPCC bases its assessment mainly on peer reviewed and published scientific literature. The IPCC is only open to member states of the WMO and UNEP.

IPCC reports are widely cited in almost any debate related to climate change. National and international responses to climate change generally regard the UN climate panel as authoritative.

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UN Climate-Change Panel Chairman to Stay - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--The United Nations' -Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change- will retain Rajendra Pachauri as its chairman, and it will make several ... - Date : Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:13:25 GMT+00:00
How to Fix the Climate-Change Panel - IEEE Spectrum Tweet this news
IEEE Spectrum--New Zealander Kevin E. Trenberth has been a lead author in the last three climate assessments produced by the -Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change- ... - Date : Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:56:10 GMT+00:00
Impact of climate change to be far reaching in India - Zee News Tweet this news
Zee News--International Panel on Climate Change (-IPCC-) recently in their assessment report had pointed out that recent global warming could melt glaciers and raise ... - Date : Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:43:15 GMT+00:00
IPCC will 'probably' make more mistakes, vice chair claims - Telegraph.co.uk Tweet this news
Telegraph.co.uk--There will "probably" be mistakes in future reports from the -Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change- (-IPCC-), the organisation's vice-chair has admitted. ... - Date : Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:41:19 GMT+00:00
IPCC Chief Calls for US-India Collaboration on Climate During Obama's India Visit - The Washington Independent Tweet this news
The Washington Independent---Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change- chairman Rajendra Pachauri called on President Obama and Indian Prime ... - Date : Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:12:52 GMT+00:00

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Grameen Bank
and
Muhammad Yunus		Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
with Al Gore
2007		Succeeded by
Martti Ahtisaari

IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007 : Physical modeling debate
AR4
 more economic focus more environmental focus
Globalisation
(homogeneous world)		 A1
rapid economic growth
(groups: A1T/A1B/A1Fl)
1.4 - 6.4 °C		 B1
global environmental sustainability
1.1 - 2.9 °C
Regionalisation
(heterogeneous world)		 A2
regionally oriented
economic development
2.0 - 5.4 °C		 B2
local environmental sustainability
1.4 - 3.8 °C

IPCC
Assessment reports:
First (1990)
1992 sup.
Second (1995)
Third (2001)
Fourth (2007)
Fifth (2014)
UNFCCCWMOUNEP


Laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize

Kofi Annan / United Nations (2001) * Jimmy Carter (2002) * Shirin Ebadi (2003) * Wangari Maathai (2004) * International Atomic Energy Agency / Mohamed ElBaradei (2005) * Grameen Bank / Muhammad Yunus (2006) * Al Gore / Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007) * Martti Ahtisaari (2008) * Barack Obama (2009)

United Nations (UN)

UN SystemMember states * Observers * General Assembly * Security Council * Economic and Social Council * Secretariat (Secretary-General) * Trusteeship Council * International Court of Justice
Major officesNew York (Headquarters) * Geneva (Office) * Nairobi (Office) * Vienna (Office)
Programmes and
agencies		FAO * ICAO * ILO * IMO * IPCC * IAEA * UNIDO * ITU * UNAIDS * SCSL * UNCTAD * UNCITRAL * UNDCP * UNDP * UNEP * UNESCO * UNODC * UNFIP * UNIFEM * UNFPA * OHCHR * UNHCR * UNHRC * UN-HABITAT * UNICEF * UNITAR * UNOSAT * UNRWA * UNWTO * UPU * WFP * WHO * WMO
ResolutionsGeneral Assembly (UDHR) * Security Council
Related topicsBretton Woods system * Charter * Enlargement * Flag * Global Compact * History * ICC * Laissez-Passer * League of Nations * OPCW * Peacekeeping missions * Treaty Series * UN Day



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